A Moscow court on September 17 transferred Vyacheslav Akhmedov, the director of the Defense Ministry's Patriot Park -- a military-themed complex near Moscow -- to house arrest after he was arrested last month on fraud charges. The deputy chief of the Defense Ministry's Department for Innovative Development, Major General Vladimir Shesterov, and former Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Popov were also arrested in the case. Several top military and Defense Ministry officials have been arrested on corruption charges since President Vladimir Putin dismissed Sergei Shoigu as defense minister in May and replaced him with former First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
Russian Military Court Moves Patriot Park Director To House Arrest
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